The happy parents are Gloria Tello and Jesús Delgado. She’s a housewife; he works for Quality Maintenance. They have a 3-year-old daughter, Hillary.

Mercy staff members presented the couple the traditional basket of goodies for the newborn – clothes, diapers and toys – and a colorful wool cap.

The cap is gift a from Durango Mad Hatters – about 50 women who meet monthly to knit caps for the purpose. Since their first meeting in October 2006, the women have donated more than 4,500 caps.

Three women were in labor on Jan. 1, but only one baby other than Jesús Juan was a New Year’s baby, arriving at 10 p.m., hospital spokesman David Bruzzese said. The third mother gave birth in the wee hours Wednesday.